Urban Transportation Development Corporation
The Urban Transportation Development Corporation Ltd. (UTDC) was a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario, Canada. It was established in the 1970s as a way to enter what was then expected to be a burgeoning market in advanced light rail mass transit systems. It developed significant expertise in linear propulsion, steerable trucks and driverless system controls which were integrated into a transit system known as the Intermediate Capacity Transit System (ICTS). It was designed to provide service at rider levels between a traditional subway on the upper end and buses and streetcars on the lower, filling a niche aimed at suburbs that were otherwise expensive to service.
TTC ALRV L3 articulated streetcar #4239 at Queen Street West and Spadina Avenue on the 501, waiting for a light change.
ICTS Mark I trains have a conventional subway appearance. This example, on the Scarborough RT, has a driver
A driverless Mark I operating on the Vancouver SkyTrain
A CLRV L2 streetcar operating for the Toronto Transit Commission
Innovia Metro is an automated rapid transit system manufactured by Alstom. Innovia Metro systems run on conventional metal rails and pull power from a third rail but are powered by a linear induction motor that provides traction by using magnetic force to pull on a "fourth rail" placed between the running rails. However, newer versions of the technology are available with standard electric rotary propulsion.
An Innovia Metro 300 train of Rapid KL, Kuala Lumpur
Interior of Innovia Metro 300 train of Vancouver SkyTrain
Vancouver uses the original Innovia ART 100; the Innovia ART 200 vehicles (pictured here), whose articulated design allows for a more spacious interior; and the ART 300.
Four-car Bombardier Innovia Metro 300 (ART Mark III) train parked at Stadium–Chinatown station's spare platform in Vancouver
